My grocery spending for October was $845, quite a bit more than the $600 that I hoped to spend.   September’s super-frugality really depleted my stores.  I was nearly out of flour, sugar, rice, and oats. I bought 25 or 50 lb sacks of each of those things in October. I also had to stock up...
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–How to make a Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte at Prairie Cottage Rose –An interview at Frugal Hacks answering readers’ questions about me and my book –A great tribute to a woman who knew how to make people feel loved at Learning Patience –A study on love at Making Home
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..from underneath 2 bushels of apples and a double sink-full of tomatoes. Apparently canning is not done for the year after all. Plus the kids are hard at work in the garage wrapping several bushels of gleaned onions in newspaper so that they will hopefully last all winter. More later….
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I’ve got several interesting things I wanted to tell you about. Maybe Christmas ideas, maybe just something to do with your family this weekend…but all worth a mention. First of all, I wanted to mention the John Waller CD, WHILE I’M WAITING. I LOVE the entire CD, but I especially appreciate Our God Reigns...
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This morning found us scurrying around early to meet our friend Israel for our yearly family picture. The shoot went well– I’m hoping to have pictures to show you soon. After a morning of picture taking, we weren’t quite in the mood to jump into school at lunch time. John decided to take the...
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The cookbook contest is now closed. The winners are commenters #81 (Leah in CA), #99 (Debbie) and #156 (Sherri in FL). Congrats, ladies! Send your snail mail address to owlhaven at aol dot com and I will send the books your way!
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The next day I slept til 9– actually only 7 AM Idaho time, but it still felt like sleeping in to me. I was hoping to be able to arrange a meeting with my agent that morning, but wasn’t sure when she’d be free, so I decided to get packed up so I’d have...
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I’m talking about kids and delays over at BlogHer this week! Have experience to add to the conversation? I hope you’ll come chat with us! Also remember that my cookbook giveaway ends on Monday, and the Cheer giveaway is still going on as well. Be sure to enter if you haven’t already! ———– On...
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After I survived my TV segment, Chris walked me to Grand Central Station, where I was to meet my friend. The timing was perfect. It was around 2, and she was to get there around 2:30. There were all sorts of interesting little shops around the perimeter of the huge building, which was restored...
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